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COHHISSION MERCHANTS
AND CASH BUYERS of
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Wholesale Brokerage
and Commission
Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Veal Fuifs, IProdloce
WRITE US FOR QUOTATIONS
Address: 414-16 South 11th St, On aha, Nebraska
RKFKRKNCK: OMAHA NATIONAL BANK.
A. U. Chaney, Pres.
L S. Hooter,
Treat.Mr. J I
WhoksaU Butterinc
Perry & Company
Wholesale Dealers and
Cash Buyers
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc.
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The Oldest Commission blouse in Omaha.
Established 37 Years.
R. BINGHAM $ SON
Wholesale Fruits
and "Vegetables.,,.
1013 Howard Street
Omaha, Neb. I
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W.O.PERRY
413 Sooth lltk Street
Establishes ItM.
Kefereaoei Merchants JUtl Bank,
E. B.
HUNTER
& CO.
WHOLESALE
FRUITS
Iiajianas, Oranges.
rnuns, Berries, Tomator",
Vegetables.
1010 Howard St., Omaha, Neb.
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Wholesale
Fruits g Vegetables J
Our Specialty.
Oranges, Limoneria Lemons, Apples, Strawberries, Water
melons, Decidooui Fruits, Figs, Nuts.
Trimble Brothers !
1102-04-06 Howard St, Omaha.
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R. L. Yooof, Pres. and Treat. Thomn F. Borkeeryw j
Y0UMG-BURKE CO. !
Incorporated
Wholesale Fruits and Produce
NUTS, DATES, FIGS, ETC.
Wa solicit your builnssa and guarantee aatitlacttarv
Phone -Doug. 2834; lad. A-1531. 1008 Howard St., Omah
The Jerpe Commission Co
Commission Merchants and
Cash Buyers of
BUTTER, EGGS, LIVE and
DRESSED POULTRY
Write lJs for Quotation
422-424 South Eleventh Qt.
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1 6. fricke j j Largest Dealers in Citrus and Deciduous
Nagle & Fricke
COMMISSION
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Fruit Located on the Missouri River
SWARTZ & SONS
WholtiU Dtalora In
MERCHANTS
WHOLISALK
Fruit and Produce
421 South Uth Street
j Gilinsky Fruit Co.
I Wholesale Jobbers of Domestic and Foreign
Apples, Potatoes and
Country Produce
Telephone Doug. 872.
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FRUITS and VEGETABLES
Hione 763 Ind. A-Uea. 1017 HOWARD ST., OMAHA, NEB.
Phon Donglim 7110.
BOl S. ELKT5NTH ST.
Marsh & Marsh
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THIS SPACE BELONGS TO
Copeland-Flynn Co.
We charge NO COMMIS
SIONS on any shipments of
Butter, Eggs and Poultry you
send us. We buy for CASH and
pay top prices. Send, us your
shipments. We wi)) satisfy you.
Copeland-Flynn Co.
lUVWATO Reference!: R. G. Dun & Co.,
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George Gifford Company
(Incorporated)
CAR LOT BROKERS
FRUITS and PRODUCE
1021 Howard Street . Omaha, Nebraska
(Incorporated)
WHOLESALE
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Bradstreet'a and Nebraska
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Joseph Polack
Produce Commission Merchant
ESTASLISHED 1891
Cath Buyer of Butter, Eggs, Psultry and Produce
Address: BO7-50D S. Thirteenth St., Ouiftba, Neb.
Itocelveri of
Fresh Vegetables
and Fruits Daily
in Carload Lots
tUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, j d
iUTTERINE AHD CHEESE P
417 South Eleventh Street, - Omaha, Neb.
BLUE RIVER 13 UTTER
PDRE PASTE0R1ZED CREAMERY BUTTER
The Dest Ever Spread on Your Daily Bread
Address :
1207 Howard Street,
OMAHA, NEB.
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M. J. HtMai. Stt. !
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DAVID COLE CO
OYSTERS, CELERY, POULTRY
WHOLESALE nNT.v
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Street & Heffern Co., Inc.
Wholesale Poultry, Eggs and Butter
Our Specialty Live Stock in Car Lots '
MAIN OKFICK: BKANCH OFFICK:
1S03 Howard Hti wt, 1900 Fust 4th Bt.
OMAHA, NKH. SIOUX CItV. IOWA,
Plionw Douks 0305. Thone Hell 7-'3.
Itefereuces: I'. H. Nat. Hank, Omalui; I'iiht Nat. Hank, Bloux City.
OMAHA BIG PRODUCE CENTER
Greatest Center in This Line for
Entire Middle West.
TRADE IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
In the Boar Season Thrry Haa
drrit (an of VrgKalilM, Frail
anil Pooltry oa the
Tracks Dally.
From liO to 30 can of fruit, can be
found on the railroad tracks. In Omaha
on any day of the summer, all or early
wtnter. Add to this 100 cars of vege
tables and heveral cars o poultry, eft
and butter and you will have soma Idea
of the mammoth business In theaa lines
that Is done through Omaha every year.
Not all this produce Is consumed In
Omaha, not all In Nebraska; much of
It goes to far eastern states, some of It
la distributed la Mouta UaUtot. Kosaa.
Towa and other neighboring states. But
Omaha gets a bu.inesa toll en practi
cally Bi! ut it. Much of It (mil through
the commlbsion houses and the fruit,
vegetable and poultry jobbing bou.es of
the city; most of the remainder la
handled by brokers and selling agent In
the cHy, though It may not actually
be touched by human hands here.
The buslnen in Omaha has trebhd
In the last five years. Omaha Is recog
nised as the biggest 'center for produce
and fruit wet of Chicago. It has Kan
sas City "skinned a mile and a half,"
In the language of one of the jobbers.
One can bave no Idea of the enor
mous volume of fruits and vegetables,
especially fruits, handled through Omaha
in the course of a year, unless some
one In the business has told him. It
runs up Into the millions of dollars.
Omaha la perhaps the biggest clearing
house for the fruits of the Peciftc
coast and Rocky mountain state., both
deciduous and citrus, and especially so
as regards citrus fruits. ,
Maar Selllagr Aareats.
There are in Omaha a doxtn or more
brokers and selling sgents for growers,
who negotiate the shipments of Cali
fornia fruits in carload lots, perhaps
diverting the fruits to some paint, where
they are needed before they arrive here,
and perhapa allowing them to come on
Ints Cns&fca and thea shipping thent ea
again. A carload of oranges, for ex
ample, wtli start from California, con
signed to a broker In Omaha. The broker
will keep tab on the demand In the
western state, and If a car of fruit Is
wanted In Wyoming or Colorado or Mon
tana by some Jobber, he will divert the
shipment there. If not sold before It
reaches Omaha, It may be taken by
a Jobber here, or It may be sent on to
Pes Moines, Chicago, Kansas City, Mem
phis, or one of a sore of other cities.
Maybe it goes as far as New Tork or
Toronto.
The goods are shipped in refrigerator
cars, on fast schedules, and brokers get
a dally report from the railroads as to
where they are. The contents of the
tars are Inspected once or twice on the
way from the west to Omaha.
While It la true that the greater per
centage of this vast . amount pf fruit
is not actually handled by hand In
Omaha, the financial end of the tr ana
action for the whole business la handled
here and the Omaha commercial world
gets Its .toll, '.employing a large number
of clerks, stenographer, and Inspectors.
Bla; rradaee Market.
But consider only the products tfiat
do stop here and Omaha Is one of fne
big produce markets of the country. Trie
Jobbers here get large shipments of the
fruits ( Callfurnia, Oregon, Washington,
Colorado and Idaho, the vegetables of
California, Texas, Loulxlana and Arkan
sas and later on the vegetables and
fruits of Nebraska, the potatoea of Colo
rado, Michigan and Nebrauka and the
eggs, butter and poultry of Nebraska,
western Iowa and a part of tiouth Da
kota. From here the jobber send out the
fruits and vegetables west to the con
tinental divide, northwest clear into
Montana, north into Routh Takota, east
Into Iowa and northwest Missouri and
south to Kansas. Northwestern Ne
braska Is one of the beat potato pro
ducing sections of the country and the
"spuds" from this region are sent by
the Omaha house all over the country.
Nebraska poultry, butter and eggs are
sent by (he local house to tar eastern
states;
Almost unnoticed by the general public,
the produce business of Omaha has been
increasing year by year until now, should
one make u) visit, te the district, given,
over to this trade, he would be surprised
st the number of houses full of vege
tables, fruit and poultry and the number
of men employed In them.
II a s arse le larreasiag.
The fruit, produce end poultry men
bave a district all t themselves, and
this district widens Its geographical
bounds with each succeeding year. This
district Is bounded by Tenth etreet on
the east, Jackson on the south. Thir
teenth on the west and Kurnam on the
north. Here one will find three clearly
defined classes of dealers In the com
modities montloned the brokers, who
deal by the tralnload and the carload;
the Jobbers, who buy large quantities
outright and aell to retailers within
Omaha's jobbing radius, and the ped
dlers, who buy from the Jobbers and
sell to consumers.
At Kleventh and Jackson is located
the public market, where thousands of
dollars' worth of produce from Douglas
county gardens Is told each day through
the vegetable season. This practically
all Is distributed In Omaha, Houtb Omaha
and the suburbs through retail grocers.
Every morning long lines of grocers'
wagons come to carry away what the
gardeners bring fresh from their gar
dens. At first thought this may seem a
small business, but when one considers
the population of Omaha and the sub
urbs, It will be eeen that this Is a con
siderable factor in brliigiog Omaha's
produoe business up to a large total.
A number of years ago the city fathers
decided that Omaha needed a public
niarket and located one at Fourteenth
street and Capitol avenue. The city was
overrun with peddlers and tne council
wanted to give the retailers a better
chance by providing a place where they
could buy vegetablca ami thus do away
with the necessity for so many peddlers.
Hut the location proved a poor one, the
street being too narrow. Then the
Omaha Market House association was
formed, with many of the retailers as
stockholder. (Jround as purchased at
Kleventh and Jackson and sheds and
platforms were built. The move was a
wise one and for years the market hus
presented a very buxy scene on mornlnKs
during the vegetable neasoii.
The season for vegetable shipping In
Jobbing quantities out of Omaha lusts
In the best seasons from the middle of
August up .to the middle of October,
though the shipment In smaller quanti
ties to retailers. In Omaha's natural trade
territory continues throughout the year.
tomes from All Over,
WW those who epeclailse in fruit get
most of their product from the Kocky
mountain and raclfto coast states, they
also get a considerable quantity from the
Atlantlo seaboard, some from the north
end some from the south. Cranberries
must be purchased In the east. Then,
again, some people, especially those whu
were born near the rait air of the At
lantic and emigrated westward, think
they mui't rat apples from Maine and
New York.
On Oinana'a commission row you' can
find anything from a lime to a grape
fruit, from a squab to a turkey, from a
filbert to a cocoanut and from an oyster
to a w hole veal. One big -house alone
carries piacttcally every fruit, nut and
vegetable known to North American
commerce, also honey, cider, maple
syrup and numerous other eatables.
There la a big crop of apples In Ne
braxka, this year and the fruit house
are shipping out more of the home
grown product than for many seasons.
This' year Nebraska will swap apples,
In addition to its potutoes, butter eggs
and poultry, In return for celery,
oranges, cranberries and other com
modules.
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The mechanical age has been quietly
recasting the habits, capabilities ana re.
source, of mankind, ui.til at Uat It U
changing human nature ltself-J. E. C.
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